Re: secret history of the magna carta Michael Perelman

2003-07-07 Thread andie nachgeborenen
Morton's book is only unknown if you're not a fan of English history. . . . Btw, the Great Charter is called Magna Carta, not The Magna Carte; it doesn't take a definite article. Apologies for the pedantic point, but English constitutional (and popular) history is a bit of a hobby. Please note that

Re: secret history of the magna carta Michael Perelman

2003-07-06 Thread Hari Kumar
Thank M, for a good reading tip. As i read the very interesting piece from Linebaugh however, I found a sort of yearning for a past utopia. His critique of Robertson he cites early on, discredits Robertson - apparently upon the lack of evidence that King John was literate. [Since when did stop the